Beach Living

After holding a special election and a runoff, and then having those results challenged in a protest hearing on Monday, Atlantic Beach has finally officially confimed John David as the town's new councilman.

The boutique hotel will be the first of two properties from the global lifestyle brand inspired by musician Jimmy Buffett, to debut in the local area in the coming years.

As the entire country was glued to their phones and TVs last week following and charting the path of the Chinese spy balloon, a potential international diplomatic crisis cast a spotlight on the city of North Myrtle Beach and the whole of the Grand Strand as the balloon was shot down by American fighter jets on Saturday, Feb. 4, after it reached the Atlantic Ocean coastline.

McLeod celebrated an open house and ribbon cutting for McLeod Seacoast Medical Park Building 2 on Thursday, Feb. 2. This additional medical office building on the McLeod Health Seacoast campus is located at 3793 McDowell Lane in Little River. Community members had the opportunity to tour the facility and meet the physicians and staff.

The GFWC North Myrtle Beach Woman’s Club will host its annual charity event, Purses with Purpose, this year on Thursday, April 13, at 5:30 p.m. in the Nautilus Ballroom at the Marina Inn Grande Dunes.

The garden club held their January meeting, where they discussed “Urban Planning” with guest speaker Brad Fowler.

The town will have a runoff election next week to secure the vacant seat on council that was held by James DeWitt.

North Myrtle Beach officials met last week to discuss regulations the city will potentially place on activities that take place on the beach during the summer months.

There will soon be a whole new set of local students who are equipped to help with life-saving missions in the area.

Last Saturday afternoon before the NFL games got underway for the weekend, I dropped by to watch the Coastal Chairmen wheelchair basketball team take on the Port City Spokesmen from Wilmington, N.C., another team in the Carolina Wheelchair Basketball Conference.